Over the years the video games have given athletes akin to Debbie Ferguson, Kim Collins, Veronica Campbell, Usain Bolt, Shelly-Ann Fraser, Yohan Blake, and Shaunae Miller who’ve all gone on to develop into World Champions of their respective occasions.
Track and Field followers usually clear their calendar for this aggressive occasion that brings out the most effective in each followers and athletes. This 12 months’s version of the meet noticed Jamaica Topping The Medal Podium for the thirty eighth Consecutive Times with a complete of 44 medals, the Bahamas in 2nd with 25 medals, and Trinidad and Tobago in third with 27 medals to rule out the highest three.
With CARIFTA 2024 being a minimum of thrilling and record-breaking we needed to do a Top 10 Countdown of the Best Performances. On your mark, get set go!
#10. Trinidad and Tobago upset Jamaica to win the Under Twenty Boys 4×100 meters relay
The 4×100 meters relay between Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago males has all the time been aggressive, particularly since Trinidad and Tobago retroactively turned the 2008 Beijing Olympic Champions after Jamaica was disqualified. That has constructed a rivalry between the 2 nations at the CARFITA Games. Come Finals Jamaica was the favourite as a result of the truth that that they had gained the title at final 12 months’s version within the Bahamas with Deandre Daley’s revengeful anchor leg. However, Daley was lacking from this relay quartet.
The gun struck, and Jamaica was main the race till the final trade when each them and Trinidad and Tobago fumbled the baton. But regardless of being in lane seven Trinidad and Tobago propelled themselves to cross the end line to win gold with 40.45 seconds, Jamaica earned silver with 40.55 seconds and Grenada took bronze with 40.71 seconds to mount the rostrum.
#9. Malachi Austin Wins 400 meters gold for Guyana
The 400 meters has all the time been one of many area’s strongest and best occasions. The Boys Under Twenty Division of the occasion proved as Jamaica’s Marcinho Rose entered the occasion as the favourite. But Guyana’s Malachi Austin ran effectively within the Semi-Final spherical and proved that he was not leaving Grenada and not using a medal.
In the Final, Marcinho Rose obtained the higher begin and led the race till the 350-meter mark and he regarded to have been attempting. This gave Malachi Austin the chance to make his transfer and win gold with 46.35 seconds, Marcinho Rose earned silver with 46.59 seconds and Joshiem Sylvester of Grenada obtained bronze with 46.93 seconds.
#8. Davonte Howell and Jaiden Reid Under Twenty Boys 100 meters Quinella
One of the principle causes for the CARIFTA Games to foster regional integration amongst athletes and this was seen within the Under Twenty Boys 100 meters. Jamaica is thought for being the most effective Caribbean nation within the boy’s 100 meters at the CARIFTA Games. However, Davonte Howell and Jaiden Reid of the Cayman Islands had plans to shock followers within the Kirani James Stadium. Come the Final Davonte Howell obtained the most effective begin and rapidly separated himself from his rivals. While Jaiden Reid was combating for silver with Jamaica’s Javrone Dunkley. In the top, Davonte Howell gained gold in a really quick 10.15 seconds, and Jaiden Reid took silver with 10.34 seconds at the identical time as Javrone Dunkley who took bronze to finish fairly a aggressive 100-meter race.
#7. Nastassia Fletcher’s 400-meter and 400-meter hurdles double
The CARIFTA Games typically see athletes doing multiple occasion just like the 100-meter and 200 meters. But Jamaica’s Nastassia Fletcher determined that she wished to do the Under Seventeen Girls 400-meter and 400-meter hurdles double. Fletcher gained the 400 meters convincingly with 54.34 seconds. Less than a day later she returned to contest the 400 meters hurdles which she gained gold with a time of 1:00.10 to finish a really profitable CARIFTA Games
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#6. Clémentine Carias and Kimeka Smith tie for gold within the Girls Heptathlon Open
Multi-event athletes will be thought of probably the most hardworking of all Track and Field athletes as a result of they’ve to coach for a plethora of technical occasions. The Heptathlon Open was fairly a gusty competitors from the beginning with Guadeloupe’s Clémentine Carias and Kimesha Smith of Jamaica. In the top, gold couldn’t be separated between the 2 athletes who tied with 4699 factors. This made each athletes be awarded gold within the occasion. Aliyah Francis of the Bahamas took bronze with 4181 factors.
#5. Sabrina Dockery Upsets Theianna Lee Terrelonge to win the Under Twenty Girls 100-meter
Jamaican girls are identified for his or her fierce rivalry amongst one another particularly within the 100 meters. From Merlene Ottey versus Juliet Cuthbert through the 80s and 90s, to now Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce versus Elaine Thompson-Herah. These rivalries have additionally influenced the youthful athletes to have rivalry with one another.
From the start of the season, Sabrina Dockery and Theianna Lee Terrelonge have been competing with one another. In all these matchups Terrelonge all the time had the higher hand. However, the CARIFTA Games confirmed that Sabrina Dockery was certainly bored with being overwhelmed. In a fairly a scintillating race Sabrina Dockery obtained the higher begin and started to drag away from Theianna Lee Terrelonge who tried to come back again. In the top, Sabrina Dockery gained gold with a brand new Personal Best of 11.26 seconds, whereas Theianna Lee Terrelonge earned silver with 11.32 seconds and Geolyna Dowdye obtained bronze with 11.64 seconds.
#4. Maleik Francis Under Seventeen Boys Javelin Throw Record
The Caribbean has been getting higher in discipline occasions, particularly the Javelin Throw. It will be mentioned that Keshorn Walcott’s 2012 London Olympic gold medal has had an impact on the advance of the occasion. Maleik Francis of Trinidad and Tobago was in a position to observe in Keshorn Walcott’s footsteps when he threw a Games Record of 68.84 meters to win the Under Seventeen Boys division of the Javelin Throw. This efficiency was considerably surprising, and this proves that Maleik Francis is one to look at for the longer term.
#3. Jaeda Robinson Under Seventeen Triple Jump Record
Jamaica continues to indicate that they aren’t solely quick sprinters but in addition glorious jumpers. In the Girls Under Seventeen Long Jump, Jaeda Robinson leaped a Games Record of 12.69 meters on her second try of the competitors to win gold. Tessa Clamy of Guadeloupe earned silver with 12.09 meters and the High Jump Champion Jamaica’s Zavien Bernard took bronze with 11.69 meters to go away together with her second medal of the video games.
#2. Robert Miller’s Under Seventeen Boys 400-meter Hurdles Record of 52.19 seconds
The Caribbean area is slowly changing into higher within the 400 meters hurdles and Jamaica’s Robert Miller is including to that rising legacy. In the primary spherical of the competitors, Miller regarded snug and appeared to have had a bit of bit extra within the tank for the Final. When the Final got here Robert Miller obtained a superb begin and was biding his time properly as a result of he didn’t wish to crash into any of these obstacles. A surge off the final hurdle, Robert Miller crossed the road in a brand new Games Record of 52.19 seconds to position his title into the CARFITA historical past books.
#1. Nickecoy Bramwell breaks Usain Bolt’s Long Standing 400 meters Record
Jamaica’s Nickecoy Bramwell has been fairly constant within the 400 meters. Most of his races have regarded easy and he appeared to have been saving his greatest efficiency for the precise second, the CARIFTA Games. When the starter sounded his pistol Bramwell obtained a reputable begin as he bounced the primary 150 meters and laid all out of his vitality to the road in a brand new Championship Record of 47.27seconds, erasing the earlier file of 47.33seconds that was executed by the legendary Usain Bolt in 2002. Bramwell was fairly humbled by his efficiency and grateful that he was in a position to not solely to win gold however to get the file. Once Nickecoy Bramwell stays wholesome then he might be fairly a unbelievable 400 meters runner for years to come back.
Here are 6 Honourable Mentions:
#6. Bahamian Taysha Stubbs, a 17-year-old rising star, secured the Gold within the Under 20 Girls Javelin occasion With a outstanding throw of fifty.94m
#5. British Virgin Island’s Michelle Smith strikes double gold within the Girls Under Twenty 800 meters and 400 meters hurdles.
#4. Jamaica’s Nastasia Flecther wins double gold within the 400 meters and 400-meter hurdles.
#3. Kemario Bygrave of Jamaica leaves Grenada with double gold within the Under Twenty Boys 800 meters and 1500 meters.
#2. Tafari Waldron wins 1500 meters gold for Trinidad and Tobago.
$1. Habiba Harris of Jamaica wins 100 meters hurdles gold with a windy 12.93 seconds.
The 51st version of the CARIFTA Games was probably the greatest, the hosts and organizers of the meet did a splendid job, and they’ll now hand the baton to Trinidad and Tobago for the 2025 CARFITA Games. Congratulations to all of the athletes who participated in CARIFTA 2024!
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